Calaveras

With its charming, mariachi-infused music, vibrant visuals, and robust Magicspin bonus feature, Calaveras brings vivacity to to its Day of the Dead theme. Capecod Gaming turns in some of its best work yet in this slot, where celebration and mortality go hand in hand in and big worldly wins can be found among the bejeweled skulls.

Theme

The excellent Capecod Gaming design team has outdone itself in this visually beautiful slot. Evocative purples, reds, blues and yellows are everywhere, while the soundtrack punctuates spins and wins with delightful bursts of guitar and trumpet music. Gaming symbols include three revelers in death mask-like makeup, a purple sombrero, red roses in bloom, and an ornate yellow guitar, as well as the playing card values king through jack. A pumpkin-laden, orange wild substitutes for other symbols to form winning combinations (while also paying out a hefty 5000x for five-of-a-kind), and the bright, Grateful Dead-like skull symbol triggers the Magicspins bonus features. The whole affair is an expansive city street, looking up at the open night sky.

Betting Options and Functions

Style is nothing without substance – fortunately, Calaveras offers both. With 25 adjustable paylines, and a bet per line range of 0,01–1.00, players can choose a per-spin betting range from 0.01–25.00 times the betting currency per spin. Autoplay is available up to 1000 spins at a time, though players should be warned lest they walk away from automated reels, as there are no win, loss, or feature limits available. Small icons launch detailed paytable information, game rules, hand history, and allow players to game, sound, and display settings. The overall theoretical return to player is a fine 94.85%.

Features

This slot’s signature feature, Magicspins, is triggered by the appearance of three or more skull scatter symbols on the reels. Between five and fifteen free spins will be awarded. Normal gaming symbols will be whisked away and replaced by six colorful skull symbols. One of these, labeled “jolly,” acts as a wild symbol. With these wilds abundant and only six symbols on the reels (instead of base play’s nine), five-of-a-kind wins are much more likely to occur, often several at a time. Each pays 200x, so these can add up to big wins fast.

Our Take

With Calaveras, Capecod Gaming has another feather in its cap. This is essentially a simple slot – only one bonus feature and no real structural innovation to speak of – but the design team brings it off with a flourish of strong fundamentals, gorgeous design, and solid RTP.